The first two years of a US PhD, the masters part, is condensed into one year in the UK. If you want to compare like with like, then a UK MA+PhD = 4 years (usually). Well, traditional MPhil/PhD route is 4 years, when you take them both. However MPhil's aren't always necessary. A PhD is almost always a 3 year, solely research degree. It's basically the last 3 years of any US PhD. The first two years of a US PhD, the masters part, is condensed into one year in the UK.
Inuit communities are found in the Arctic, in the Northwest Territories, Labrador and Quebec in Canada, above tree line in Alaska (where people are called the Inupiat and Yupik), and in Russia (where people are called the Yupik people).
Most Alaskans continue to accept the name Eskimo, particularly because Inuit refers only to the Inupiat of northern Alaska, the Inuit of Canada, and the Kalaallit of Greenland, and it is not a word in the Yupik languages of Alaska and Siberia.1  Comparative Yupik and Inuit.owever, the people of Canada and Greenland prefer other names. Inuit, meaning people, is used in most of Canada, and the language is called Inuktitut in eastern Canada although other local designations are used also.